Man Falsely Stripped Of Gun Rights Gets Them Restored

By Tom Knighton

AP Photo/Lisa Marie Pane, File

Recently, a Florida man was stripped of his gun rights. His concealed handgun permit was revoked because the state said he committed domestic violence.

Now, granted, that’s one of those things that few dispute. Even most vehement Second Amendment advocates find themselves hardpressed to defend the gun rights of a wife-beater. However, where things broke down is that the man in question wasn’t actually accused of having done anything wrong.

He just had the same name as the accused.

Despite this, the man had to go about proving his own innocence, something one shouldn’t be required to do under our legal system. Nevertheless, he had to.

Luckily, he has been vindicated and has his rights restored. Thankfully.

Hank Strange, who brought the story to AmmoLand, started advocating for Carpenter on his show. A sympathetic Captain in the police department decided to help out the Marine veteran. He took it upon himself to take a picture of Carpenter and had another officer bring it to the woman who took out the restraining order.

The woman confirmed to the police that they had the wrong Jonathan Edward Carpenter. The Sheriff’s Department quickly was able to get the restraining …Read the Rest

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